Curlew task force is on a mission to restore threatened wader bird

Amy Lewis Drainage, farm intensification, upland burning, land abandonment, afforestation have decimated curlews

Curlew task force is on a mission to restore threatened wader bird
Thu, 01 Nov, 2018 - 00:00

By Amy Lewis

The evocative cry of the curlew is a memory of summers past for many in rural Ireland.

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